The Recordings of Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy

ISBN-13: 9780199335596 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 272 str.

George Burrows

Recenzje

an important contribution to the understanding of how black jazz and black musicians were treated and valued throughout the last century and suggests there is much more to do to weed out and correct racialized attitudes in jazz criticism.

O autorze

George Burrows is Reader in Performing Arts at the University of Portsmouth, where he has lectured on music and theatre for more than 15 years. His published research focuses on interwar musical theatre and jazz. He founded the Song, Stage and Screen international conference in 2006 and the academic journal, Studies in Musical Theatre (Intellect) in 2007. He is also active as a performing musician and directs the University of Portsmouth Choir. Writing this book inspired him to learn the Sousaphone.